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I won't be able to upload new chapters for the next 3 or 4 weeks! I'll continue this story as soon as possible. It's NOT abandon!
"So, do you want to fly now?" Remus who had to laugh, too, said.
"Yes. Come on Rose, and let the rabbit down here." Sirius said and kicked off.
Rose joined soon and they played Seeker versus Seeker for the next 3 hours while Remus sat on a bench nearby and wondered if Rose ever had so much fun, except in Hogwarts.
Rose smirked at Sirius: "I told you so."
"I let you win, so you're not sad."
"Sure, and Remus is a rabbit..."
"He sort of adm-"
"Well, let's go in and have some lunch?" Remus questioned.
"Yeah, what about some saddle of rabbit?" Sirius asked and ran into the house, before Remus would hex him.
Rose laughed but stopped when Remus looked at her with a spurious stern look.
"Sorry." she murmeled.
Remus frowned about this strange reaction. Didn't she know this all was just a little joke?
Of course she doesn't you idiot!
His face soften and he put an arm around her. "It's okay." he said gently and smiled, even when he felt how she flinched when he touched her.
A few minutes later the three sat on the kitchentable and eat tomato soup. Rose was scared one of them would start asking awkward questions again, but this time, she sweared herself, she would stay and try to act as normal as possible.
"So what are we going to do after lunch?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know. We could help Rose with her homework."
Sirius snorted.
"Why know? There's still so much time..."
"I totally forgot you always made your homework in the Hogwarts Express... 15 Minutes before it arrived."
"...I don't need to justify myself to you..."
"Well, I really like to do my homework now, Sirius. So it's done, and I don't have to think about it for the rest of the holidays." she said shyly.
"For which classes you have to do homework?" Remus asked.
"Defence, Charms, Herbology, Transfiguration, Potins, Divination and History of Magic."
"Ok." Sirius said and ruffle through her hair. "Remus can help you with Charms, Herbology and, of course, Defence against the Dark Arts. I could help you with Transfiguration, Potions and Divination. Because we all dropped off during History of Magic-"
"I will help you with History of Magic." Remus said. "James, Sirius and Peter maybe dopped off, but-"
"-know-it-alls never sleep." Sirius finished. "You really never..."
"No." the werwolf answered dryly. "Don't you remember who wrote all the notes for you?"
"Oh yeah, I remember..."
"So," Remus turned around to Rose again. "Which subject first?"
"Errrr... I think I like to begin with the Transfiguration stuff." she said.
"Great. So the grouchy rabbit know-it-all werewolf-"
"My nicknames become longer, and longer and..." Remus speaked under his breath, only Rose could hear him.
"-who never sleeps, can finish his book, and we go upstairs and start with your homework."
"Sirius?" Remus asked.
"Hm?"
"You know..." Remus only said.
"Yeah, I know." Sirius answered.
He knew what Remus meant. His best friend was just afraid he would use the time to quiz Rose about the time with her relatives. Sirius maybe said he would give her all the time she needed, to talk about it, but Remus knew about his 'flashes of geniuse', like when he asked Remus about being a werewolf.
Later, James explained they wanted to asked him carefully, but before they had the chance, Sirius ran into the domery and asked him obvious questions, until Remus gave up crying and asked why he didn't just end the friendship and stop making jokes about it.
It was one of the most awkward moment between the Marauders. Remus crying and thinking the friendship is over, and the whole school probably knows about his secret, while Sirius sat on the edge of Remus' bed and don't know what to say except of: "Why didn't you tell us?".
Remus wanted to spare Rose this situation and hoped Sirius'd leanred from this. First he was about to go with them, but then, Rose should get to know Sirius better, without him as deviation.
Rose watched between Sirius and Remus. Remus gave her a soft smile and nodded.
What do they mean? Guess that I'm-
Sirius clapped Rose on the back and regret it in the same moment.
Because Rose was looking at Remus, she didn't saw what Sirius was about to do. When she felt the clap on her back, she grew stiffed. Her slight smiled was replaced by a shocked expression.
Sirius was worried he maybe had hit a wound that not healed yet. He was a huge-grown man, who like to underestimate his strength.
"Rose?" Sirius asked carefully.
"I-I-I'm sorry." she whispered.
"Everything's fine, Rose. You don't have to be sorry for anything." he said and tried to step closer to his godchild to calm her.
Her face turned deadly pale now. Sirius looked seeking for help at Remus.
"Rose..." Remus said with a calm voice. "what's wrong? Are you okay?"
Tears running down her face. Sirius tried to put an arm around her, but it made everything worse.
Rose jumped violently away and ran to the next corner, where she sat down, hugging her knees.
"I'm sorry. I didn't want to be nosy. I'm so sorry. I won't do it again. I'll behave. I promise. I'm sorry. Please don't hit me." she whispered frantic.
Slowly Sirius walked over to Rose and crouched in front of her. He toched gently one of her hands, hoped she would realise where she is and that they wouldn't hurt her.
"I'm sorry..." she whispered again.
"Rose. Everything is fine. You don't have to be sorry for anything. You didn't do anything wrong. And we will never hurt you, okay?" Sirius said quitly, althought he liked to scream. It broke his heart to see Rose like this.
What have they done to you, sweetheart?
Remus crouched next to him and lay and hand on Rose knee. Both men tried to ignore she flinched. They knew it wouldn't be easy, but they never thought those little reactions could hurt them like the knowledge about what happened to her.
"Rose, please look at me." Remus said gently but firm. Sirius looked at him, wondering why the other Marauder speak to her like that, but Remus didn't return the look. His eyes was fixed on Rose. Sirius felt that his friend got a plan... and hoped it was a good one.
Rose shooked her head. Remus carefully put a hand under her chin and raised her head slowly, until she looked him in the eyes.
"Please listen to me, ok?" he asked softly.
Rose nodded slowly and shivered.
They hate me now. They'll threw me out. They saw that I'm a freak...
She couldn't couln't gulp back a sob and more tears running down her face.
"Hush. You're not in trouble." Remus whispered to her and wiped away some tears.
"Listen. As you know, your father, Sirius and Peter became Animagi to stay with me during the full moon. Well, if some animals, not only werewolves, join a werewolf, and the werewolf accept them, they will be his or her pack.
If the pack consister of animals, the werewolf is automatically the Alpha, if other werewolves are in the pack, they will fight about the position as Alpha.
So, I am the Alpha of my pack. You have a lot of responsability as Alpha, and have to care about your pack.
Now, since your father was a part of my pack, you are a part of my pack, too."
Rose eyes widen.
"But... what does it mean?" she asked.
Am I'm banned from a pack, I didn't even know I was in?
"It means, you and your wellbeing are a part of my responsibility, and as long as you're with me, no one will hurt you!" the firmness in his voice was back.
Rose sobbed again but smiles slightly. Sirius moved over to Rose, to sat down next to her and put an arm around her.
"And as long as I'm alive no one will never hurt you. And the Dursleys will pay for what they've done to you." he said and kissed her temple. "I know, we weren't there for you when you needed us... but we're here now, and we won't let anything happen to you. It's maybe hard to understand for you, but we love you like we loved you when we saw you for the first time. You're still my little girl, like I called you when you was a baby, and you're still Remus' cub..." Sirius said an swallowed the lump in his throat down.
"Trust me." Remus said. "We will never hurt you. Never!"
Rose lend on Sirius and placed her head on his shoulder. "You promise?" she asked.
"We swear on our magic." Sirus said and hugged her tightly.
